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'''''Blackadder''''' is a series of four [[Period piece|period]] [[British sitcom]]s, plus several one-off |
'''''Blackadder''''' is a series of four [[Period piece|period]] [[British sitcom]]s, plus several one-off installments, which originally aired on [[BBC1]] from 1983 to 1989. All television episodes starred [[Rowan Atkinson]] as the [[antihero]] [[Edmund Blackadder]] and [[Tony Robinson]] as Blackadder's [[dogsbody]], [[Baldrick]]. Each series was set in a different historical period, with the two [[protagonist]]s accompanied by different characters, though several reappear in one series or another, e.g., [[Melchett (Blackadder)|Melchett]] ([[Stephen Fry]]), [[Lord Percy Percy]] / [[Captain Kevin Darling|Captain Darling]] ([[Tim McInnerny]]) and [[George (Blackadder)|George]] ([[Hugh Laurie]]). |
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The first series, ''[[The Black Adder]]'', was written by [[Richard Curtis]] and Rowan Atkinson, while subsequent series were written by Curtis and [[Ben Elton]]. The shows were produced by [[John Lloyd (producer)|John Lloyd]]. In 2000, the fourth series, ''[[Blackadder Goes Forth]]'', ranked at 16 in the [[100 Greatest British Television Programmes]], a list created by the [[British Film Institute]]. In a 2001 poll by [[Channel 4]], Edmund Blackadder was ranked third on their list of the [[100 Greatest (TV series)|100 Greatest TV Characters]].<ref name="GreatestTVcharacters">{{cite web |url=http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/microsites/G/greatest/tv_characters/results.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090531160558/http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/microsites/G/greatest/tv_characters/results.html |archive-date=31 May 2009 |title=100 Greatest TV Characters |access-date=26 May 2019 |work=[[Channel 4]]}}</ref> In the 2004 TV poll to find [[Britain's Best Sitcom]], ''Blackadder'' was voted the second-best British sitcom of all time, topped by ''[[Only Fools and Horses]]''. It was also ranked as the 9th-best TV show of all time by ''[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]]'' magazine.<ref name="empire">{{cite web |url=http://www.empireonline.com/50greatesttv/default.asp?tv=20 |title=The 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time – Number 20: Blackadder |work=Empire |access-date=5 April 2009 |archive-date=19 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170319183729/http://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/best-tv-shows-ever/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Rowan Atkinson said Blackadder is "the thing he found the least stressful" to do.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pingitore |first=Silvia |date=2022-07-05 |title=The shortest interview ever with Mr Bean star Rowan Atkinson |url=https://the-shortlisted.co.uk/rowan-atkinson-interview/ |access-date=2023-07-03 |website= |language=en-GB}}</ref> |
The first series, ''[[The Black Adder]]'', was written by [[Richard Curtis]] and Rowan Atkinson, while subsequent series were written by Curtis and [[Ben Elton]]. The shows were produced by [[John Lloyd (producer)|John Lloyd]]. In 2000, the fourth series, ''[[Blackadder Goes Forth]]'', ranked at 16 in the [[100 Greatest British Television Programmes]], a list created by the [[British Film Institute]]. In a 2001 poll by [[Channel 4]], Edmund Blackadder was ranked third on their list of the [[100 Greatest (TV series)|100 Greatest TV Characters]].<ref name="GreatestTVcharacters">{{cite web |url=http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/microsites/G/greatest/tv_characters/results.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090531160558/http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/microsites/G/greatest/tv_characters/results.html |archive-date=31 May 2009 |title=100 Greatest TV Characters |access-date=26 May 2019 |work=[[Channel 4]]}}</ref> In the 2004 TV poll to find [[Britain's Best Sitcom]], ''Blackadder'' was voted the second-best British sitcom of all time, topped by ''[[Only Fools and Horses]]''. It was also ranked as the 9th-best TV show of all time by ''[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]]'' magazine.<ref name="empire">{{cite web |url=http://www.empireonline.com/50greatesttv/default.asp?tv=20 |title=The 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time – Number 20: Blackadder |work=Empire |access-date=5 April 2009 |archive-date=19 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170319183729/http://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/best-tv-shows-ever/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Rowan Atkinson said Blackadder is "the thing he found the least stressful" to do.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pingitore |first=Silvia |date=2022-07-05 |title=The shortest interview ever with Mr Bean star Rowan Atkinson |url=https://the-shortlisted.co.uk/rowan-atkinson-interview/ |access-date=2023-07-03 |website= |language=en-GB}}</ref> |
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